Tricky Woo, I thought it had to be some knid of knee-jerk reaction caused by some jerk entering the Darwin Awards. I've seen some strutted aircraft with obvious corrosion around the strut/fork end joints. Not sure I'd be too comfortable with that unless it was shown to be surface corrosion by dye-pen, ultrasonic or x-ray testing.
Time to dig out the wallet and get it sorted. At least I know that I'll be safe even if I will be around 2k poorer!
Extra, lovely as they are, they aren't as much fun are they. Seriously though, if I was in the market for another plane (roll on that lottery win) I'd be after an Aeronca and a Spitfire, P-51..........
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When the wheels stop turning you're high enuff. CubTrek. To slowly go...